About This Artwork
Joseph Cornell
American, 1903–1972
Untitled (Crystal Cage)c. 1953
Box construction with painted glass
19 1/8 x 11 x 4 1/8 in.
Inscribed, upper center, on inside of glass front: WiNd
Signed on back, lower center, on paper label: Joseph Cornell
Lindy and Edwin Bergman Joseph Cornell Collection, 1982.1846
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Gallery 397
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Joseph Cornell, 1980-82, traveled to London, Düsseldorf, Florence, Paris, and Chicago, no. 219 (ill.), as Untitled (Window Façade).
Publication History
The Art Institute of Chicago: Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture, Chicago, 1996, p. 105 (ill.).
Ownership History
Elizabeth Cornell Benton, Westhampton, New York; sold to Behringer, Hurley, and Hurley, Riverhead, New York; sold to Lindy and Edwin Bergman, Chicago, 1976; given to the Art Institute, 1982.